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Firefox/Gecko Delivery Meeting Details

• Wednesdays - 11:00am Pacific, 2:00pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC
• Mozilla Square Conference Room
• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 8605 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8605 (US)
• irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel
• (the developer meeting takes place on Tuesdays)

Upcoming Releases

Schedule & Progress

Firefox 3.6.4

• Shipped to all beta users late Friday
  • Concerned about uptake (https://metrics.mozilla.com/stats/firefox.shtml) FALSE
• Plan to build tomorrow with as many fixes as possible
  • Already have 4 or so fixes that need to land/get in a build
• Need to determine what blockers can be pushed to 3.6.5

Firefox 3.5.10

• Just waiting for 3.6.4

Fennec 1.1 RC

• fixing easy-to-patch bugs
• looking to start release cycle in the upcoming week

Jetpack SDK 0.4

• tree froze yesterday
• tentative dates for release milestones:
  • 0.4rc1: today
  • tree thaw for 0.5 development: Monday, May 24
  • 0.4 final: Wednesday, May 26
• Stabilization & Release Process

Firefox Sync 1.3

Questions / Concerns

RelEng Highlights

QA Highlights

• 3.6.4 testing and investigation of remaining issues

Support Highlights

• Top issue is missing/lost toolbars: bug 547891
• certificat/certificats search term may have to do with the French government tax site: [1]

Communications Highlights

• Google, Mozilla, And Opera Take On H.264 With The WebM Project, A New Royalty-Free Video Codec
• Google tries freeing Web video with WebM
• The time is right for the WebM video project

• Mozilla expands plug-in check to other browsers
• Mozilla Brings Plug in Check Tool To Rival Browsers

• Firefox for Android (Fennec) builds updating 'nightly'
• Firefox Mobile Releasing Nightly Builds

Engagement Highlights

Firefox 4

Agenda

• laura mesa to discuss the beta program
  • PDF of presentation File:Firefox4 Betav4Deliverymeeting.pdf
    [CONTENT NOT FINAL--PLEASE DO NOT SHARE]
• follow up on action items from last week
• go over highlights and notices
• go over questions and concerns

Action Items

• mayumi to bring forward competitive analysis info next week

Highlights / Notices

• There are builds that support the new WebM Open Video Format have you gotten your WebM build yet? YOU GO NOW!
  • then go check out these demos
  • or opt into the Youtube HTML5 beta and enjoy!
• "Reporter" (a.k.a Mozilla Voice?!?)
  • dev work for Firefox and Mobile Firefox is going to be started at the beginning of June
  • tentative phase 1.0 release date set for 6/29 for both browsers beta programs
  • here's a set of workflows for both beta programs (click on "reporter" for firefox and "reporter_mobile" for mobile firefox").
  • comprehensive project wikis are formulating and will be up by next week.

Questions / Concerns

• Test Pilot readiness (beltzner)
• localization of beta surveys (beltzner)